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19th, the Musical
Alice Paul seems to be the star of #19theMusical, which just ran a few nights @WomenInTheArts. It's focused on the last decade of the movement: the conflicts among Alice, Carrie Chapman Catt, #IdaBWells and others. There were many. 😉 Anyone seen…
Best film to show your class
If I told you there was a suffrage documentary that began with Lucretia Mott and ended with Fannie Lou Hamer, that felt contemporary and engaging for students of all ages, and that was only 44 minutes, would you want to hear more? Student multi-media…
Book review
Hi, my name is Ezra, and I’m reviewing the book Finish the Fight, by Veronica Chambers and the staff of the New York Times.
Not all women could vote before 1920, when the 19th amendment was ratified. In 1848, the Seneca Falls convention happened in…
Centennial Celebrations
What if suffrage leaders from US, UK, Canada, Europe were all in one room? In https://t.co/NfFv1YUYhr they are! Check out the project @CentOfSuffrage and the amazing, interactive painting by Mireille Miller. #Suffrage100 #KnowYour19…
Centennial coin, the gift that keeps on giving
Leaving this right here.
Why *wasn’t* the centennial coin created a long time ago? No one knows. https://t.co/gPqGFqywyK
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 26, 2019
How to DO something
Some *participatory* projects to honor and commemorate the women who fought for freedom: First, obviously: vote, register voters, and if you can, work the polls: workelections.com Second, transcribe!
@Crowd_LOC makes it easy, anytime.
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I really don't care, do you
Our nation's young people ARE engaged in picketing the White House in protest, just as the suffragists did, @FLOTUS They are picketing the brutal policies of your husband and his administration. #suffrage https://t.co/7NzKPT5KRO
— Elaine Weiss…
IdaB at Union Station
If we had to pick just one person to represent the genius and tenacity of American women, it would be #IdaBWells. I only wish it were permanent.
A huge new Ida B. Wells mosaic in Union Station will honor the 19th Amendmenthttps://t.co/zt5GQTd9Jx…
Irish suffrage centennial
For the Irish suffrage centennial in 2018, Eavan Boland wrote an ode with a perfect title: Our Future Will Become The Past of Other Women. She died this week at 75. The poem is below; click through for a timeline & biographies of the women she…
Irony has resigned.
In 1920, Crystal Eastman proposed a platform for the National Woman's Party, post-19th Amendment, that put support for working mothers at the center. In 1971, Congress passed a bill to provide universal early childhood education. Richard Nixon vetoed…